The Toronto Argonauts 1966 Season on CFLdb Statistics

The Toronto Argonauts’ 1966 Season

Season Summary

Finished 4th in the Eastern Conference

Toronto Argonauts 1966 Full Schedule/Results

Team Roster and Stats

Roster Turnover from 1965: 31 players
1966 Team Roster and Player Participation (CFLdb)

Toronto Argonauts 1966 Record
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	2	2	0	4	89	80	W1	2-2-0
Regular Season	14	5	9	0	10	182	271	W2	4-2-0
Home	7	3	4	0	6	131	132	W1	3-3-0
Visitor	7	2	5	0	4	51	139	W2	2-4-0
Divisional opponent	9	3	6	0	6	95	151	W2	3-3-0
Non-divisional opponent	5	2	3	0	4	87	120	W1	2-3-0

Full 1966 League Standings

Toronto Argonauts 1966 Opponent Appearances

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ TOR	TOR @
Divisional	0.643	1-4-0 (5)	2-2-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.450	2-0-0 (2)	0-3-0 (3)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (3)	0.643	0-1-0 (1)	1-1-0 (2)
Montreal Alouettes (3)	0.500	0-2-0 (2)	1-0-0 (1)
Ottawa Rough Riders (3)	0.786	1-1-0 (2)	0-1-0 (1)
BC Lions (1)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	--
Calgary Stampeders (1)	0.406	--	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Eskimos (1)	0.406	1-0-0 (1)	--
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1)	0.594	--	0-1-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1)	0.531	--	0-1-0 (1)

Coaches

Head Coach

Bob Shaw (Dec. 12, 1964 – March 22, 1967)

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1966 Toronto Argonauts Attendance

Capacity: 33,150
Total: 146,194
High: 28,594
Avg: 20,884 (7 out of 7 games)
Diff from 1965 Avg: -736
Low: 16,000
Sellouts: 0
% of Capacity: 63.00
Diff from League Avg: +54

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Team Scoring

	1966	1965 +/-
Average Combined Score	32.36	7.14
Average Winning Score	23.00	1.33
Average Losing Score	7.44	4.19
Average Home Score	18.71	3.86
Average Visitor Score	7.29	5.43
Average Margin of Victory	9.80	7.47
Average Margin of Loss	15.33	0.48

Stadium

1966 home stadium: Exhibition Stadium
Capacity: 33,150
Playing surface: Natural Grass
Previous stadium change: 1959 – Opened 1959

Regular Season Scoring Summary by Quarter

	1st			2nd			3rd			4th			Final
	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H	V	T	H (PPG)	V (PPG)	T (PPG)
Toronto	8	2	10	51	16	67	29	19	48	43	14	57	131 (18.7)	51 (7.3)	182 (13.0)
Opponent	30	30	60	13	23	36	41	36	77	48	50	98	139 (19.9)	132 (18.9)	271 (19.4)

Lead/Trailed Record by Quarter

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	1 (0-1-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (2-3-0)	0 (0-0-0)	2 (1-1-0)	5 (1-4-0)	1 (0-1-0)	3 (2-1-0)	10 (3-7-0)
After 2nd	3 (2-1-0)	2 (1-1-0)	2 (0-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (1-4-0)	5 (3-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	7 (1-6-0)
After 3rd	2 (2-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	1 (1-0-0)	1 (1-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	3 (3-0-0)	2 (2-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)
After 4th	3 (3-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	4 (0-4-0)	2 (2-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	5 (0-5-0)	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (0-9-0)

Toronto Argonauts 1966 Player Awards and Nominations

1966 Most Outstanding

Player — Marv Luster (Team Nominee)
Lineman — Bill Frank, Jr. (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — Bobby Taylor (Team Nominee)

Toronto Argonauts 1966 Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–2 (2)		Ross Nicholson (T)	Western Ontario
2–2 (11)		Andy Szandiner (HB)	Toronto
3–2 (20)		Ranny Parker (LB)	Toronto
4–2 (29)		Bob Mason (E)	Royal Military College
5–2 (37)		George McKenzie (T)	St. Patrick's
6–2 (45)		Merv Daub (G)	Queen's
7–2 (51)		Al Smith (E)	Western Ontario
7–3 (52)	[BC]	David Dalton (HB)	Carleton
8–2		Pass
9–2		Pass
10–2		Pass

Toronto Argonauts 1966 All-Star Selections

2 All-Canadian Selections

T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DHB	Marv Luster

3 All-Division Selections

HB	Dave Thelen
T	Bill Frank, Jr.
DHB	Marv Luster

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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Toronto Argonauts 1966 Schedule

Week	Game	Details (EDT Date Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	4	Thu. July 14	HAM 27 @ TOR 41	W	20,617
B	9	Wed. July 20	CGY 17 @ TOR 13	L	23,335
	11	Sat. July 23	TOR 7 @ EDM 9	L	7,500
C	14	Wed. July 27	TOR 28 @ BC 27	W	23,103
1	21	Fri. Aug. 5	HAM 18 @ TOR 8	L	28,594
2	27	Fri. Aug. 12	MTL 17 @ TOR 6	L	24,139
3	32	Sat. Aug. 20	TOR 10 @ HAM 23	L	22,261
5	38	Tue. Aug. 30	TOR 0 @ OTT 24	L	20,137
6	41	Mon. Sept. 5	TOR 8 @ CGY 13	L	20,000
7	47	Sun. Sept. 11	EDM 14 @ TOR 34	W	21,685	CTV
8	52	Sun. Sept. 18	TOR 7 @ SSK 23	L	19,339
9	54	Wed. Sept. 21	TOR 9 @ WPG 43	L	17,112	CTV
	57	Sun. Sept. 25	BC 27 @ TOR 29	W	18,926	CTV
10	63	Sat. Oct. 1	OTT 17 @ TOR 8	L	20,786
11	70	Mon. Oct. 10	TOR 9 @ MTL 8	W	14,000
12	72	Sat. Oct. 15	MTL 27 @ TOR 11	L	16,000
13	78	Sun. Oct. 23	OTT 12 @ TOR 35	W	16,064
14	82	Sat. Oct. 29 2:00 PM	TOR 8 @ HAM 5	W	15,072	CBCE